Professerror Podcast

Professerror

Steven K. Ayer and Bryan Franz
This podcast is aimed at providing honest experiences about challenges, failures, and possibly a few success stories related to life in academia.
Summer Summer Summertime
Bryan and Steve discuss their plans for the upcoming summer and how their summer work experience differs from the rest of the academic year.
May 17, 2024
57 min
Administration... Bryan goes to the Dark Side!
Bryan discusses his new position as a PhD Program Director and challenges and lessons learned in this administration role. Enjoy!
Apr 26, 2024
1 hr 9 min
Publishing with AI and the future of research output
Bryan and Steve discuss how generative AI is impacting processes for generating and reviewing research manuscripts. They also offer some food for thought for what a future might look like where academics remain relevant in a world with AI. Enjoy!
Mar 22, 2024
1 hr 13 min
Bryan and Steve struggle to teach new courses
In this episode, Bryan and Steve discuss their experiences in teaching courses that are new to them. They talk about the moments that were especially challenging, the failures they experienced during the process, and a few lessons learned from surviving it. Enjoy!
Mar 8, 2024
1 hr 4 min
'Unfundable' with Fred Sherratt
Fred Sherratt joins us to discuss her experiences in struggling to get academic funding and surviving as a qualitative researchers in a quantitative world. Enjoy!
Feb 9, 2024
1 hr 14 min
Risky Business with John Gambatese
Professor John Gambatese (Oregon State University) joins us to discuss taking risks in academia and some that he took that worked out, and some that did not.
Jan 19, 2024
1 hr 13 min
Bryan's Sabbatical Reflection
Bryan discusses his sabbatical and shares what went well and what could have been better. Enjoy!
Jan 5, 2024
55 min
Working Abroad with guest Daniel Hall
Professor Daniel Hall (TU Delft) joins Bryan and Steve to discuss his experience of growing up and studying in the US, but deciding to launch his academic career in Europe.
Oct 6, 2023
1 hr
Bryan cancels the pie chart
Bryan and Steve discuss successes and failures in developing graphics in academia. An audio discussion about visual communication - maybe this wasn't our brightest move??
Aug 18, 2023
1 hr
Burcu Akinci - Imposter Sydrome
Dr. Burcu Akinci, a full Professor and Department Head at Carnegie Mellon University, a National Academy of Construction member, and most recently a Peurifoy Construction Research Awardee, talks about how she still experiences imposter syndrome despite her many successes. Enjoy!
Aug 4, 2023
55 min
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